Sports & Recreation audiobooks

Funky

By: Ben Askren

Narrated by: Ben Askren

Length: 5 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

One of the most dominant college wrestlers in history, Ben Askren became a folk hero during the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, before going on to become a multiple time MMA champion and one of the sport's biggest stars.



Here, in Funky, this record-breaking wrestler and polarizing UFC fighter shares how he came to dominate opponents while blazing a... Read more

If These Walls Could Talk

By: Mike Puma

Narrated by: Barry Abrams

Length: 7 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Mike Puma of the New York Post provides insight into the team's inner sanctum as only he can



The New York Mets are one of the most historic teams in Major League Baseball, with superstars over the years including Jacob deGrom, Mike Piazza, David Wright, and Tom Seaver. Aided by dozens of new, exclusive interviews, listeners will gain the... Read more

Gloves Off

By: Tyson Fury

Narrated by: Jake Wood & Tyson Fury

Length: 6 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

The No-Holds-Barred Autobiography

This audiobook includes exclusive and deeply personal interviews with Tyson Fury throughout the audiobook, offering listeners a unique and intimate insight into his life and mind.

Tyson pulls no punches in his most candid, comprehensive and entertaining book yet, which chronicles for the... Read more

Cold-Water Eden

By: Richie Fitzgerald

Narrated by: Patrick McBrearty

Length: 11 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

An immersive memoir about a groundbreaking surfing career, and a stunning portrait of Ireland as one of the world’s most captivating big-wave surfing destinations. Born and raised in Bundoran, with the waves of the west coast of Ireland breaking at his doorstep, Richie Fitzgerald was moulded by his environment – from his... Read more

Lioness - My Journey to Glory

By: Beth Mead

Narrated by: Dipo Ola & Emily Spowage

Length: 7 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

The Sunday Times bestseller and winner of the Sunday Times Sports Book Awards Autobiography of the Year 2023

Fully updated paperback edition, with two new chapters

Beth Mead is one of the world's most talented footballers - Golden Boot winner and Player of the Tournament at the UEFA Euro 2022, England Player of the Year 2021-22, Arsenal Player of... Read more

Petit Yogi sur le chemin de la sagesse

By: Nicolas Lespinasse

Narrated by: Nicolas Lespinasse, Lilie Lespinasse & Marie Le...

Length: 1 hour 3 minutes

Abridged: No

« Petit Yogi sur le chemin de la sagesse » est un précis d'initiation au Yoga fluide et agréable destiné principalement aux enfants. De lecture facile et d'un format concis, il aborde avec précision et didactisme la dimension spirituelle et philosophique du Yoga, puis donne les premières pistes concrètes à suivre pour en commencer la pratique.... Read more

Historia Mínima del Yoga

By: Adrián Muñoz & Gabriel Martino

Narrated by: Antonio Raluy

Length: 10 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

He aquí una minuciosa reconstrucción de los orígenes y transformación del yoga, desde sus primeras formulaciones hasta la actualidad. Lejos de centrarse en una sola concepción, repasa los variados desarrollos del yoga en un extenso recorrido que va del sur de Asia a Iberoamérica. Nutrido de las investigaciones académicas más actuales y escrito... Read more

Die 11 Punkte der Pre-Shot-Routine

By: Astrid Kohlwes

Narrated by: Jonas Hartje

Length: 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Erfolgreicher und entspannter Golf spielen – davon träumen viele Golf-Liebhaber. Dieser praktische Golfratgeber erklärt, wie Anhänger des Sports eine persönliche Pre-Shot-Routine entwickeln und ihr Spiel aufs nächste Level heben. Sicher hast du schon gesehen, wie Golfprofis vor jedem Schlag immer wieder die gleiche Routine durchführen. Bevor... Read more

Casey at the Bat - A Poem

By: Ernest Lawrence Thayer

Narrated by: Kevin Theis

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Considered the greatest baseball poem of all time, "Casey at the Bat" is the beloved tale of the Mudville Nine, a hapless baseball club entering the ninth inning of a ballgame down two runs and with little hope of succeeding...unless their star slugger Casey can manage to get a turn at the plate. With two outs, the outlook is grim but...when the... Read more

Conflicted Scars

By: Justin Davis

Narrated by: David Attar

Length: 7 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

An indispensable guide to parents of hockey hopefuls At a time of great change in hockey, Justin Davis exposes the dark underbelly of the journey from the minors to the big leagues Hockey culture: it’s a commonly used phrase inside the game, glorifying sacrifice, toughness, loyalty, and a sense of identity. Justin Davis viewed this... Read more

My Sporting Life

By: Michael Parkinson

Narrated by: Simon Slater

Length: 7 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Michael Parkinson recalls his sporting life in this amusing memoir full of personality, anecdotes and insight.

'Like my father before me, I believe that both the playing and watching of sport can teach us important lessons about ourselves by providing practical instruction in co-operation, tests of resolve and temper'

For Michael Parkinson it was... Read more

Carbolics

By: James May

Narrated by: James May

Length: 3 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Top Gear and Grand Tour legend James May's quirky, entertaining take on cars, trucks and even the bicycle.

Why does a man with a Ferrari and a Porsche drive a Fiat Panda? Is going fast really necessary? Is it your fault if you get run over? Why will electric cars really save the planet (possibly)?

In Carbolics the UK's favourite petrol head... Read more

Mi once ideal

By: Oribe Peralta

Narrated by: Oribe Peralta

Length: 3 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

“Siempre estuve ligado a un balón.Si me preguntaras, ése ha sido el gran éxito de mi vida”, así comienza Oribe Peralta, uno de los mejores delanteros que México ha tenido, su impresionante testimonio de que el futbol, además de ser uno de los deportes más bellos, es también una filosofía de vida. Pero Mi once ideal va más allá de lo biográfico y... Read more

How Not to Die

By: Michael Greger & Gene Stone

Narrated by: Lennart Wollmershäuser

Length: 21 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times Bestseller!
Die meisten aller frühzeitigen Todesfälle lassen sich verhindern – und zwar, so überraschend es klingen mag, durch einfache Änderungen der eigenen Lebens- und Ernährungsweise. Dr. Michael Greger, international renommierter Arzt, Ernährungswissenschaftler und Gründer des Online-Informationsportals Nutritionfacts.org,... Read more

Pickleball is Life

By: Erin McHugh

Narrated by: Jer Adrianne Lelliott

Length: 2 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

The ultimate keepsake for every pickleball fan—from a dink shot to the kitchen, everything a pickleballer needs to know in this guide to the world’s greatest recreational sport, packed with lots of joy, good humor, and even a little bit of wisdom.
Pickleball is the fastest growing sport in America. Easy to learn, but impossible to master, it’s no... Read more

The Art of Shralpinism

By: Jeremy Jones

Narrated by: Gary Tiedemann

Length: 11 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Not a technical guide on snowboarding but, rather, a very personal approach to how to think about mountains, snow, and adventure, The Art of Shralpinism reflects the remarkable journey of snowboarding superstar Jeremy Jones. Drawing on the hundreds of journals he has kept over the years, Jones offers intriguing snapshots of time and place that... Read more

Harvesting Rainwater for Your Home

By: Daniel I Stein

Narrated by: Luke Andreen

Length: 2 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

***GOLD MEDALIST - GLOBAL BOOKS AWARD 2023***Safe. Secure. Sustainable.Taking control of your water supply is a wise choice; now, it's also an easy choice.Whether your goal is saving the planet, cutting down your expenses, or preparing for an emergency, harvesting rainwater is the perfect way to prepare for the future. Anyone can collect clean... Read more

Playing the Long Game

By: Christine Sinclair

Narrated by: Rachel Cairns

Length: 6 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

For the first time in depth and in public, Olympic soccer gold-medalist Christine Sinclair, the top international goal scorer of all time and one of Canada's greatest athletes, reflects on both her exhilarating successes and her heartbreaking failures. Playing the Long Game is a book of earned wisdom on the value of... Read more

Barkley

By: Timothy Bella

Narrated by: Korey Jackson

Length: 16 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

*A LitHub Most Anticipated Book of 2022*

The definitive biography of Charles Barkley, exploring his early childhood, his storied NBA career, and his enduring legacy as a provocative voice in American pop culture

He’s one of the most interesting American athletes in the past fifty years. Passionate, candid, iconoclastic, and gifted both on and off... Read more

Messi vs. Ronaldo

By: Jonathan Clegg & Joshua Robinson

Narrated by: Charles Constant

Length: 10 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Wall Street Journal reporters Joshua Robinson and Jonathan Clegg offer a deeply reported account of the intertwined sagas and legacies of two of the greatest soccer players of all time—Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo—examining how their rivalry has grown from a personal competition to a multi-billion-dollar industry, paralleling the stunning... Read more

Liberate/Liderate

By: Evelina Cabrera

Narrated by: Eliana Gamba

Length: 3 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Evelina Cabrera, autora de Alta Negra, busca animar a quienes quieren cambiar su vida, para salir y superar la represión que muchas veces es propia, pero está cómodamente instalada dentro de nosotras, después de que el sistema hace ese trabajo fino de sembrarla al decirnos qué tenemos que hacer, cómo debemos pensar, de qué forma tenemos que... Read more

Herbology for Physical Health

By: Phoebe Wardell

Narrated by: Ashlinn Romagnoli

Length: 3 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Do you want to heal your ailments naturally instead of turning to pharmaceuticals that act more like a Band-Aid? Are you sick of trying everything, and nothing actually working? Then Herbology for Physical Health is for you.The story is all too common: You go from doctor to doctor but don’t get the answers you need. If you do get something, it’s... Read more

RYA Foiling (A-G110)

By: Royal Yachting Association

Narrated by: Chris R. Wright

Length: 1 hour 13 minutes

Abridged: No

The growth of foiling is the most exciting thing to happen to dinghy sailing and windsurfing in recent years. As well as specialist foiling boats and boards, conversion kits have brought fast, flying fun to sailors seeking speed.The RYA has launched the SAILfoiling and WINDfoiling courses to enable you to learn how to take part safely in this... Read more

The Break

By: Steve Cummings

Narrated by: Robin Morrissey

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

The gripping and revealing autobiography of one of Britain's most successful international cyclists of the modern era

'Getting in a break was my one chance of winning. The hard part was working out, again and again, how to make that chance count'

Sharp, resourceful and a permanent outsider; for nearly 20 years Steve Cummings determinedly blazed... Read more